Ranchi, Mar 11: Samata Party president George Fernandes today told the rebel ministers that there would not be any 'immediate' change in leadership of the coalition of Jharkhand, one of the dissidents Lalchand Mahato claimed here. Mahato said Fernandes rang him up sometime back saying he had met Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and BJP president Venkaiah Naidu late last night.
"The outcome of the meeting was that there will be no immediate change in leadership," Mahato told.
It was also decided in the meeting that the NDA government in Jharkhand should function collectively like the one at the Centre now, Mahato, the sole JD-U leader among the rebels, said.

Bureau Report